[governance] IGF news wrap

[David Goldstein]

Hi all,

One more posting of news from the IGF. Any future news I'll just post to my website - see http://technewsreview.com.au/.

Cheers
David

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World Internet summit ends with promise and concern for future (AP)
The first IGF ended with promise of breakthrough technologies to accelerate online access in developing countries and concerns of growing government interference globally. Key participants said Thursday that the four-day meeting had at least helped clarify differences between governments, industry and online groups ahead of the next Internet Governance Forum next year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/11/03/1162340014002.html
http://iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/02/business/EU_GEN_Greece_UN_Internet_Governance.php
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15913311.htm

Amnesty calls on UN to help open internet (Reuters)
Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to help eliminate restrictions to internet access, which the rights watchdog said are a violation of basic human rights.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10408982

United Nations lauds internet's 'arranged marriage'
The closing day of the IGF has ended on a high note with attendees from across the world (from business, government, international organisations and civil society) all expressing their delight at the experimental forum.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/igf_meeting_ends/

IGF: The good, the bad and the psycho cleaners
The Greeks drove me to it. Last night, under the cover of conference quietness, I sneaked into the Apollon hotel store room and stole a waiter uniform. I’m not proud of it, but I am proudly wearing it today one for simple reason - I want my own coffee and water, and I don't want to have to wait 10 minutes for it to be served to me.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/igf_blog_wed/

ICANN: Workshop Report — Towards a Multilingual Global Internet: Avoiding the Risk of Fragmentation
The workshop provided the framework for dialogue on the multiple aspects linked to the development of a multilingual cyberspace and on solutions for avoiding the fragmentation of the Internet. Speakers from governments and the private and academic sectors participated in the discussion on how to create a truly multilingual Internet both from the content and the technical point of views. The workshop was structured in four sessions.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-02nov06.htm

Cuba: We're forced to 'finance' the Internet
A Cuba government official told the IGF that the U.S. government was to blame for the poor Internet access that its citizens endure, arguing that, as a result, poorer countries are "financing" the Internet. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Fernandez to a high-level working group two years ago.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6131854.html

ITU meeting in Turkey will tackle key Internet issues (IDG)
Government officials will meet in Turkey for the next three weeks to discuss the future of the Internet and take action on key issues such as cybercrime and Internet oversight.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/110306-itu-meeting-in-turkey-will.html

Internet forum participants clash (IDG)
The IGF touched on a number of issues, such as Internet oversight and multilingualism, with government officials, Internet experts and many others taking the stage to voice their opinions -- which often clashed.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/11/02/HNnetforumclash_1.html

Global Internet Policy Initiative Highlighted at Internet Governance Forum
In presentations and workshops at the Internet Governance Forum this week, the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI), a joint project of Internews Network and the Center for Democracy and Technology, was highlighted as a proven model for working locally to reform national laws and policies in order to foster expanded Internet access in developing countries.
http://internews.org/prs/2006/20061102_ict.shtm

United Nations Internet forum goes titsup
The website of the IGF has been suspended (or had been at the time of writing of this article) and replaced with a cartoon dog pulling wires out of a PC. The site at igf2006.info was taken down with 20 minutes left of the main speaking session after the hosts complained that demand from a collaborative website set up to elicit views from the wider Internet was overwhelming its server. It also brought down the main information site at intgovforum.org which was held on the same server.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/01/un_site_dies/

The IGF gossip issue
I got some good advice once. It was: "Make sure you never take yourself too seriously." That has stuck with me despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that it was delivered by an old French drunk sitting on a Paris bench facing a lit-up Notre Dame over the Seine at 2am.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/igd_blog_wed/

Microsoft restates China policy
Microsoft has restated its position on China following comments by one of its senior legal staff. Earlier this week, Microsoft senior counsel Fred Tipson said concerns about repression in China might make it reconsider its presence there.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6114846.stm

UN unsuited to control internet
The United Nations has called yet another great meeting, at another luxury site, to discuss its relentless campaign to gain control of the internet. This time, diplomats, UN officials and NGOs are on the expense account in pleasant Athens, where previous ''summits'' of Geneva and Tunis now have become an IGF.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/03Nov2006_news24.php
http://www.bangkokpost.com/031106_News/03Nov2006_news26.php

The End User: Content vs. control
Never mind who controls the Internet and whether the U.S. government has undue influence over domain names and root servers. If the question of control is about content, then the United States has a lock on the World Wide Web that looks unshakable. Of the top 30 most-visited Web sites, Asia is home to four and Europe has one, according to September statistics from comScore Networks, a U.S.-based market researcher. (And even the single European name, Lycos, has mixed U.S. parentage.)
http://iht.com/articles/2006/11/01/business/ptend02.php

Internet bill of rights proposed
A bill of rights for the internet age has been proposed at the IGF. The bill would update and restate rights that have been enshrined for centuries, said Robin Gross of civil liberties group IP Justice. 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6106452.stm

U.N. debate swirls around domain name power
Call it the Iran and Syria problem. In theory, the Bush administration could order that the domain names of allegedly hostile or terrorist-friendly nations be deleted from the Internet--a unique authority that troubles many developing nations and became a source of contention at the IGF.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6131746.html

Assault on State Censorship at the IGF by Milton Mueller
Knee-jerk UN haters in the US are fond of pointing horrified fingers at the presence of China, Syria and other authoritarian states whenever global governance is mentioned. See for example Declan McCullough’s slanted piece in CNET. They might be surprised to learn that the UN Internet Governance Forum has opened the opportunity for a major assault on Internet blocking and filtering, and put repressive governments on the defensive by heightening awareness of the practice and pressuring them to justify it or change it.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/assault_on_state_censorship_at_the_igf/

Tough talk on net language issue
More than 90% of the world's 6,000 languages are not represented on the internet. So what must be done to make the internet a truly global place?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6106048.stm

ICANN warns mistake on non-English Web addresses could 'permanently break Internet' (AP)
ICANN warned that a mistake in a creating more Web addresses using non-Latin letters could "permanently break the Internet."
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/11/02/1162339947135.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/11/02/1162339947135.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-11-01-icann-web_x.htm
http://www.komotv.com/news/tech/4541186.html
http://p2pnet.net/story/10308

ICANN runs tests for non-English domain names (AFP)
ICANN said it was running tests to determine whether countries can register Web addresses in their own language, an option expected to further boost the Internet's global appeal.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2006/11/03/2003334662
http://www.dawn.com/2006/11/03/int14.htm
http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4775

Johnny Foreigner will break the Internet
ICANN said that if all these foreigners keep mistyping their nasty non-latin letters into browsers the internet could break.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35487

Is There Too Much English on the Web?
Attendees at the IGF call for linguistic diversity to guarantee global democratic oversight of the Net
http://businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061102_790439.htm

ICANN Unveils IDN Progress
ICANN, yesterday announced a roadmap for the introduction of Internationalised Domain Names based on progress so far and future work.
http://webhosting.info/news/1/icann-unveils-idn-progress_1102062786.htm

ICANN: Internationalised Domain Names Roadmap — Progress and Future
ICANN 1 November announced a clear roadmap for the introduction of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) based on progress so far and future work.
http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-1-01nov06.htm

IGF produces anti-spam plan
Six of the world's largest anti-spam organisations have set up a new website aimed at killing the online menace. Timed to coincide with an anti-spam workshop at the IGF, the OECD has started StopSpamAlliance.org, along with Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC), the EU Contact Network for Spam enforcement Authorities (CNSA), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the London Action Plan for Spam Enforcement (LAP), and the Seoul-Melbourne MoU.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/01/oecd_anti_spam/

IGF: more free content for the Internet
As a counterpoint to ever more stringent copyright provisions an international treaty on Access to Knowledge (A2K) should be drawn up, a South African representative during a discussion on the openness of networks at the Internet Governance Forum has said. For some time now South Africa, a number of governments of newly industrialized countries as well as non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been advertising the A2K Initiative toward the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). "I consider such a treaty to be possible," Hanne Sophie Greve, a former judge at the European Court of Justice now at the Council of Europe, said.
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/80401

Web inventor fears for the future
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British developer of the world wide web, says he is worried about the way it could be used to spread "misinformation and "undemocratic forces".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6108578.stm

China forced to face its critics over internet censorship
This time there was no hiding place. Countries accused of turning the internet into a tool of repression - and the companies accused of helping them do it - were confronted with the full force of international condemnation at a special United Nations conference in Athens last week.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1939801,00.html

Microsoft And The China Question
Microsoft is denying a report from the BBC that the company was considering withdrawing from China due to the hard-line government's repressive treatment of technology users.
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3642001

Internet for social justice and sustainable development
The internet is a global public space that must be open, affordable and accessible to all. As more and more people gain access to this space, many remain excluded. Like the process of globalisation with which it has been closely intertwined, the spread of internet access takes place with uneven results and often exacerbates social and economic inequalities. However, the internet and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be a powerful tool for social mobilisation and development, resistance to injustices and expression of difference and creativity.
http://rights.apc.org/charter.shtml

APC puts up the fight for an open access, equal opportunity and educative internet
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan convenes a new "forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue" on the future of the internet. The inaugural meeting of the IGF, which APC is viewing as a "vitally important event" will be held in Athens from October 30 to November 2.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5041512

Latin America makes noise at the Forum on Internet Governance
Latin America makes noise at the Forum on Internet Governance. What priorities is Latin America carrying around in its briefcase for this first Forum on Internet Governance? How are all the sectors participating in a pioneer event in this format? APCNews spoke to Raúl Echeberría, LACNIC executive director, the Latin America and the Caribbean internet address registry.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5043143

Single country won't be allowed to govern Internet: Seminar calls for unity among poor nations
A single country will not be allowed to govern the Internet, speakers at a national seminar vowed adding expectation of the poor countries should be addressed in the upcoming IGF meet.
http://bangladeshictpolicy.bytesforall.net/?q=node/222

Digitale Demokratie
Die USA dominieren mit Hilfe der ICANN das Internet. Das IGF soll eine Gegenpol dazu bilden. Manche sehen darin gar den Vorläufer einer künftigen Netzregierung.
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/computer/artikel/536/90446/

Experten warnen vor Dominanz des Englischen im Internet
Jahrtausende altes Wissen könne verloren gehen - "Jedes Mal, wenn eine Sprache stirbt, verschwindet eine Vision"
http://derstandard.at/?id=2644322

IGF: Diskussion über den Masterschlüssel für die DNS-Aufsicht
Die Debatte über die unilaterale Aufsicht über das DNS und die ICANN könnte bald neue Nahrung erhalten. Das sagten Experten bei einem Workshop im Rahmen des ersten IGF, das gestern in Athen zu Ende ging.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80479
http://www.wcm.at/story.php?id=10850
http://www.portel.de/index.php?id=33&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=12486

IGF: "Gigantisches Brainstorming" zur Zukunft des Netzes
Die einen lobten es als gigantisches Brainstorming oder sogar gelungenes global-demokratisches Experiment, das fortgesetzt werden müsse. Andere forderten konkrete Empfehlungen, wenn sich das Internet Governance Forum im kommenden Jahr in Rio de Janeiro und anschließend in Indien und Ägypten wieder zusammentrifft. Das viertägige Forum, das erste seiner Art, endete am heutigen Donnerstag in Athen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80455

IGF: Frankreich unterstützt Datenschutzkoalition
Die französische Regierung unterstützt die neue "Datenschutzkoalition", die sich heute beim IGF in Athen gegründet hat.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80425

IGF: Eine Internet-Verfassung für die Rechte der Cyberbürger
Die italienische Regierung warb beim IGF in Athen für eine "Internet Bill of Rights". Gemeinsam mit der brasilianischen Regierung und der Internet Society Italien startete sie eine der ersten so genannten "dynamischen Koalitionen", um die Bill of Rights zum offiziellen IGF-Thema zu machen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80404

"Wir haben heute die gri
Uno-Forum zur Verwaltung des Internets in Griechenland (AP)
Die Kontrolle der US-Regierung über das Internet und der Kampf gegen Online-Verbrechen wie Bankbetrug oder Kinderpornographie sind einige der zentralen Themen des ersten internationalen Forums zur Verwaltung des Internets. Am Internet Governance Forum (IGF) der Vereinten Nationen, das am Montag im griechischen Badeort Vouliagmenti eröffnet wurde, nehmen rund 1200 Wissenschafter, Politiker, Techniker, Nutzer-Vertreter und andere Delegierte teil.
http://www.nzz.ch/2006/11/03/em/articleEMHSU.html

Deutscher Kandidat für den ITU-Chefsessel im Wahlkampf
In der kommenden Woche wählt die "Plenipotentiary Conference" der International Telecommunication Union (ITU) einen neuen Generalsekretär. Die sechs Kandidaten befinden sich daher im Endspurt ihrer Kampagnen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/80372

Magere Bilanz des "Internet Governance Forums" in Athen
Beim globalen Diskussionsforum wurde viel über die Zukunft des Internets geredet. Wichtige Fragen waren Zugang, Vielfalt und Sicherheit. Beschlüsse wurden keine gefasst.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2223677,00.html

Le Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'Internet se termine sans aucune décision concrète
Le premier Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet (FGI) s'est terminé, jeudi 2 novembre, sans déboucher sur aucune décision concrète, étant donné son rôle purement consultatif.
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-651865,36-830314,0.html?xtor=RSS-651865
http://www.rfi.fr/actufr/articles/083/article_47220.asp
http://www.tageblatt.lu/edition/article.asp?ArticleId=54650
http://technaute.lapresseaffaires.com/nouvelles/texte_complet.php?id=81,12399,0,112006,1309064.html
http://solutions.journaldunet.com/actualite/depeche/28/229130/le_forum_sur_la_gouvernance_de_l_internet_s_acheve_dans_le_flou.shtml

Qui contrôle… et quel contrôle ?
Sébastien Bachollet continue de nous faire vivre de l'intérieur le Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet, où la question centrale reste de savoir qui doit contrôler le réseau des réseaux, y compris au niveau technique.
http://domainesinfo.fr/actualite/1041/qui-controle-et-quel-controle.php

Haro sur l'anglais et l'alphabet latin, toujours maîtres sur la Toile
Plusieurs participants au Forum mondial sur la gouvernance de l'internet (FGI) d'Athènes ont dénoncé mercredi la domination de l'anglais et de l'alphabet latin sur la Toile, réclamant que l'internet s'ouvre au multi-linguisme pour préserver la diversité culturelle.
http://www.menara.ma/Infos/includes/detail.asp?article_id=11967&lmodule=Technologie

Garanti uniti contro il Grande Fratello
«Contro il Grande Fratello ci vuole un Governo Mondiale della Privacy». La proposta del Garante Francesco Pizzetti arriva alla vigilia del vertice annuale internazionale delle Authority che si terrà a Londra domani e dopodomani, mentre ad Atene 1200 delegati da tutto il mondo sono riuniti questa settimana per discutere del futuro di Internet al Forum sulla Governance.
http://www.korazym.org/news1.asp?Id=19862

Le contrôle américain au cœur des débats
Après l’annonce de la création du Forum mondial sur le gouvernance de l’internet (FGI) lors du Sommet mondial sur la société de l’information à Tunis en novembre 2005, il tient sa première réunion officielle à Athènes du 30 octobre au 2 novembre 2006.
http://www.elwatan.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=53099

América Latina hace ruido en el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet
América Latina hace ruido en el Foro de Gobernanza de Internet ¿Cuáles son las prioridades que América Latina trae en la valija para este primer Foro de Gobernanza de Internet? ¿Cómo se está dando la participación de todos los sectores en un evento pionero en este tipo de formato? APCNoticias conversó con Raúl Echeberría, director ejecutivo de LACNIC, el registro de direcciones de internet para América Latina y el Caribe.
http://www.latinoamericann.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1398
 
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